>On 11 May 2000, at 10:43, LiangTyan Fui wrote:
>
>> > A question for all of you MC-Mac gurus.
>> >
>> > What code would I use to launch Adobe Acrobat (or Reader) and open a
>> > specific PDF file (e.g., mypdfdoc.pdf) on the Mac? For the moment let's
>> > assume that Acrobat (or Reader) is installed on the user's system.
>>
>> My personal favourite:
>> launch "thedoc.pdf" with "theapp"
>> (look into the help stack for more info)
>>
>
>Okay, I'll completely expose my ignorance about the Mac now...
>
>How do I identify "theApp" used in this example? In Windows I give it a
>filename. I could look in registry to find out if and where the app is located.
>Or I could give the file name unqualified (no path), then Windows will search
>the dir's in its PATH environment variable to try and find it.
You must use full path for the above to work. Otherwise AppleEvents but I don't know
much about that.
>
>I have no idea about how the Mac handles such things. I know Launch works
>with a filename, but how do I know where the app is located? Or can I use a
>descriptive name like "Finder", if so what would it be? Or an unqualified
>filename?
>
>Also, I understand that Acrobat comes installed on MacOS 8 and later...?
>Can anyone verify this?
>
>I'm sure that there are people on this list that have done this before on the
>Mac (at least I would be Very Surprised if I'm the first). Thanks for any input
>or experience you may have to share, this list is a great resource!
>
>> Regards,
>> LiangTyan Fui
>>
>
>> > Leston Drake
>> > LetterPress Software, Inc.
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>Leston Drake
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